On April 10, 1912, the Titanic started her first trip from Southampton, England, to New York City, US. The ship was the world’s largest and most luxurious(豪华的)one at that time.
High-class facilities(设备)for passengers including restaurants, a library and a swimming pool made the ship like a floating hotel. More importantly, its owners and builders said it was unsinkable(不会下沉的).
However, on April 15, the ship sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and killed over 1,500 people.
This April 15, on the 100th anniversary(周年纪念)of the sinking of the Titanic, people in the UK and US will hold activities to remember the event. James Cameron’s 1997 film, Titanic, was a huge hit all around the world. Now the 3-D film will come to Chinese theaters on April 10. It is a love story between a poor young man named Jack and a rich young woman named Rose on the unlucky ship. In Belfast, UK, the port of the Titanic’s birth, a museum called Titanic Belfast will open to the public.
Today, the sinking of the Titanic is not just an accident. It has become a popular expression to mean a large disaster or mistake, usually because of too much confidence.
In the UK, if somebody says that his or her mobile phone is really great and could never break, others might say, “Yeah, and people said the Titanic was unsinkable.” In other words, no matter how confident or proud people are about something, anything can go wrong.
43. The first and second paragraph mainly tells us _____.
A. Titanic had High-class facilities B. the ship was built in 1912
C. what kind of ship Titanic was D. Titanic was like a hotel
44. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “hit” in Paragraph 4?
A. Success B. Break C. Knock D. Movie
45. In which situation can we say “The Titanic was unsinkable” to Tom?
A. He is worried about the result of his exam. B. He wants to make friends with Jack.
C. He is sure to win in the competition. D. He is asking for a day off.
46. Through the passage, the writer wants to tell us that _____.
A. Titanic was an unlucky ship
B. any mobile phone can go wrong
C. the 3-D film “Titanic” will be put on in China
D. never being too confident or proud about anything
CACD
历史文化类阅读:
本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议,所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
阅读这类文章,先弄清其引入的话题,再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。
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In Europe many people died during the Second World War. So at the end of the war, there were many children who lost their parents.
A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted the children who had no parents to have a home. He wanted them to have the deep love and good care of parents.
Gmeiner had no enough money, so he asked the people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children's Village at last, in Australia. It was open in 1949 .This is how the SOS Children's Village started. The letters SOS come from “Save our Souls.” The words mean “Please help us!” An SOS Children's Village can give help to the children who need help.
Hermann Gemeiner's idea for helping orphans soon spread(传播) all over the world. By 1983 there were 17 SOS Children's Villages in the world.
Now China has also built many SOS Children's Villages. More and more people like to do something to show their love to the children in the SOS Children's Villages. Do you want to visit an SOS village someday?
SOS Children's _____51____ | |
Who | ____52____built the first SOS Children's Village. |
Why | He built it to give orphans a __53___. |
When | The first SOS Children's Village was open in __54____ |
where | He built it in ____55____. |
Meaning | Orphan means a child who has no ______56_____. |
SOS comes from "save our ____57___",it means "please __58__ us. | |
How 59 was it spread | By 1983 there were ___60___ SOS Children's Villages in the world. |
51.________ 52._______ 53._______ 54._______ 55._______
56.________ 57._______ 58._______ 59._______ 60._______